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Baby RB faces 'miserable sad and pitiful existence' - Daily Telegraph 2nd November 2009
"A desperately ill baby who has been in intensive care since birth should be allowed to die in peace or he will end up living a “miserable, sad and pitiful existence”, a court heard. "
Parents clash in court over taking child off life support - The Guardian 2nd November 2009
"A mother supporting a legal attempt to take her severely disabled baby boy off the ventilator that keeps him alive said today her son's "intolerable suffering" had to outweigh her grief at his death.
The boy, known as RB for legal reasons, was born last year with a rare condition that severely limits the ability to breathe and move limbs."
Mother: why my baby should be allowed to die - The Times 2nd November 2009
"A mother at the centre of a legal wrangle over a gravely ill baby today told why she felt her son should be allowed to die.
Anthony Fairweather, a solicitor acting for the boy's mother, said: "RB’s mother has sat by her son’s bedside every day since he was born. Every day she has seen the pain he experiences just to survive. "
Baby RB: Tug of love as baby's mother says his life support can be turned off but father goes to court to stop it - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"A heartbroken mother took centre stage on Monday as the High Court was asked to let her seriously disabled son die.
She is backing a hospital's application for the year-old baby to be taken off life support.
The baby's father, however, insists he must live and says a simple operation could even lead to him being cared for at home. "
More tests for right-to-life baby - BBC Health News 2nd November 2009
"A fresh medical assessment is to be carried out on a baby boy at the centre of a "right-to-life" legal dispute, a High Court judge heard on Monday.
The one-year-old, known as Baby RB for legal reasons, was born with a rare, genetic muscle condition that makes it hard for him to breathe independently."
Baby died after 'massive overdose' of glucose - Daily Telegraph 30th October 2009
"A premature baby, Poppy Davies, died after being given a ''massive overdose'' of glucose following a series of blunders at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital. "
For baby, a breast-milk cappuccino: Morning feed gives infants a natural pick-me-up - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"Breast-fed babies receive a different milk drink depending on the time of day - the natural equivalent of cappuccino in the morning and Horlicks at night, say scientists.
Breast milk delivered in the morning gives infants a pick-me-up because it contains natural stimulants. "
Why breast milk helps babies sleep at night - Daily Telegraph 2nd October 2009
"Feeding babies fresh breast milk can help them sleep at night, according to research. "
Cooling 'cure' averts infant brain damage - The Independent 1st October 2009
"The devastating impact of asphyxia at birth, which affects more than 1,000 babies a year in the UK, can be averted by applying a hi-tech version of an ice pack to the head, doctors have found.
Cooling the brains of newborn babies deprived of oxygen dramatically improves the proportion who survive unharmed, two decades of research has shown."
Baby cooling therapy ‘cuts risk of brain damage from oxygen deprivation’ - The Times 1st October 2009
"A therapy for newborn babies based on lowering the body temperature could significantly reduce the risk of brain damage after oxygen starvation at birth.
Complications such as the umbilical cord becoming twisted cause babies to be deprived of oxygen in about 2 in 1,000 births and can frequently result in cerebral palsy or other neurological problems."
Cooling babies could reduce brain damage - Daily Telegraph 1st October 2009
"Brain damage could be avoided for more than 100 babies a year in the UK if infants with signs of a lack of oxygen at birth are given cooling treatment within the first six hours of life, according to a study. "
Cooling 'cuts baby brain damage' - BBC Health News 30th September 2009
"Babies who are starved of oxygen at birth have a much lower risk of brain damage if they are given mild hypothermia, major research suggests.
More than 300 babies were involved in a trial carried out at 33 hospitals in the UK and in five other countries. "
Blackburn baby unit superbug spotted by ‘vigilance’ - Lancashire Telegraph 28th September 2009
HEALTH bosses have said how ‘constant vigilance’ helped them identify a superbug in the neonatal intensive care baby unit.
Seven children contracted MSSA – methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus – at Blackburn Royal Hospital, leading to admissions being limited.
Blackburn baby unit hit by superbug - Lancashire Telegraph 25th September 2009
SEVEN babies in intensive care have contracted a superbug at Royal Blackburn Hospital.
Health bosses at the hospital have limited admissions to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Baby Unit after tests revealed the outbreak.
The hospital has said none of the seven babies carrying MSSA, or Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus, on their skin are ill as a result of the colonisation.
Hundreds of mothers of twins and triplets separated after birth, survey shows - The Guardian 28th September 2009
Sick babies sent to different hospitals due to shortage of specialist cots
Case study: one hospital for each of our triplets - The Observer 27th September 2009
Karen Davies, 32, a staff nurse, and partner, Adrian Jones, 42, became the parents of triplets early on 17 January last year. Ethan, Ellery and Erin were born 13 weeks prematurely at Singleton hospital, in Swansea, 35 miles from their home, and were immediately whisked into special care. Within two weeks, Erin and Ellery were well enough to be transferred to the Prince Charles hospital, in Merthyr Tydfil, which was nearer home, but only Erin was moved because the hospital lacked equipment. Soon afterwards, Ethan became ill and was moved to the University hospital of Wales, in Cardiff
One-to-one NHS care for newborns - The Observer 27th September 2009
Report to call for babies to have individual nurses, despite staff shortages in neonatal units
Doubts over helmet cure for 'flat head syndrome' in babies - The Guardian 24th September 2009
Bespoke helmets costing £2,000 are being promoted to cure flat head syndrome in babies. But the medical evidence surrounding their use is contentious
Survival of very premature babies barely improved in ten years - Daily Telegraph 9th September 2009
The youngest baby to survive in Britain was born at exactly 22 weeks gestation yet improvements in neonatal intensive care may have reached the limit at this point, experts believe.
Premature baby dies as guidelines say he was born too early to save - Daily Telegraph 9th September 2009
Sarah Capewell watched her premature baby die after doctors refused to help him - because he was born two days too early for them to try to save him.
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